Dont belive the hype.

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Which musicans have you avoided listening to because of the hype surrounding it.

― anthony, Sunday, 29 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, I can't say that I've specifically avoided certain music because of the hype surrounding it, but I've listened to _Amnesiac_ much less than I thought I would have, mostly because of RS- type "Radiohead had to kill rock to save themselves" type shit (yaaaawn!). Can't say I got too into Sigur Ros, either, probably for a lot of the same reasons - to use a Raggettism, the Yup Scum adoration factor tainted my experience.

― Clarke B., Sunday, 29 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The White Stripes. I've heard some stuff that was good, some that was only ok, but I'm not going to buy the album because of all the f*cking talk about them. I'm not sure if it's the same in the UK, but the hype machine is pretty revved up here over them.

― Sean, Sunday, 29 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I won't avoid hyped music. I only wait for it come to me used or pirated.

― Jason, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

slipknot, fatboy slim, marilyn manson, korn, limp, paul oakenfold.

― chaki, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Just because something is being hyped is a stupid reason to not want to hear something. It all depends on what is being said by whom and how much you yourself are a jaded cynic.

― JoB, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

JoB: I AM a jaded cynic.

― Sean, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

JoB: It's not always cynicism or snobbery. Sometimes it's just a matter of something being so omnipresent -- around you to such an inescapable extent -- that you feel no need to bring it any further into your life. If I hear or hear about a record three or four times a day, I start to feel like I'm spending enough time thinking about it without actively inviting it into my home.

― Nitsuh, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't have MTV, or a radio, and I don't watch any music TV programs and avoid most of the music press, and I bought Missy Elliot last week, and people are telling me they were already sick of it months ago, so who's worse off? Sometimes I feel like a hick.

― dave q, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Strokes. First, BJM, then Blisscent and recently Big Takeover all got hit by Strokes virial marketing spam.

― zacko, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ryan Adams. But, yeah, "avoid" is too strong a word. Let him come to me.

― Arthur, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Goldfrapp : Felt Mountain ... I wouldn't say it's exactly over-hyped ... but I copied this a couple of months ago and I thought it was OK, but somehow I never get round to listening to it. Maybe it's because people keep saying how brilliant it is ...

― phil, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I've felt strangely inclined *not* to buy the new Beta Band album.

― Robin Carmody, Monday, 30 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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